We use direct actions to interrupt the status quo and bring awareness to key issues and different forms of state violence affecting the root causes of the plight of black and brown people around the world.,

We stand against the many forms of state violence: police killings, mass incarceration, poverty and others. We stand for justice for Tony Robinson and ALL Black lives lost at the hands of the state. We stand for community and self determination. We will not stop until we are free.

YGB raising awareness and building community

From the YGB Black Curriculum: Just Mercy

Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson is an account of Stevenson’s work as a young lawyer and the founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal firm that defends those who are most desperate in society - including people of color, the poor, women and children, and those who are wrongly condemned. The book follows the case of Walter McMillian, a young man who was sentenced to death for a murder he said he didn’t commit. Overall, the book sheds light on the politics and injustice of America’s criminal justice system and the coming of age of Stevenson as a lawyer and person.

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YGB needs your voice in order to get an investigation by the United Nations as we elevate the conversation of of racial disparities in Madison and fight for justice for Tony Robinson, the unarmed black teen murdered at the hands of officer Matt Kenny of the Madison Police Department

ABOUT US

The Young Gifted and Black Coalition is a circle of young leaders determined to end state violence and raise the voice of communities of color. We are young Black Women, Queer Folks, Straight Folks and Feminist Men who are fighting for Black Liberation. Our focus is on the low income black communities that our core members call home.